Friday, March 8, 2013

Museum Weekend in NYC: Met and MoMA

Some people go to Florida, but we drive to NYC. I wanted to see the Matisse: In Search of True Painting at the Met. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has Selected Highlights, videos and much more up at its site. Matisse painted the same subject, people and scenes, over and over in search of the best painting, the best expression of his emotion, not precise realism, but simplification. You will enjoy viewing the highlights. I want to try those series myself.

After also visiting the City Quilter for fabric and the Neue Gallery for their apple strudel and coffee. we hobbled home to recover for a visit from the grandchildren the next day. Beth had suggested we go to MoMA for their interactive opportunities. Immediately on admittance to the Museum of Modern Art, the three children donned free audio guides and blissfully sought out numbers on paintings to learn more. They LOVED the modern art., even the conceptual. After lunch we went to the interactive education area where they made their own art.

Later, I picked up my English art magazine at the Hudson stand, took the kids to buy a book at Postman's and got two art books What is Art? and The Visual Language of Drawing: Lessons on the Art of Seeing. With this lovely snow blizzard I should be able to get in some reading when not on my Wii :-) I had no idea how out of shape I was after walking the streets of NYC.

Note: Artist friend Kathy Borkowski-Byrne arrived in NYC just as we were leaving and mailed me the Met photo at the top of the page!

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P.S. How could I forget! (EASY) We stopped off in New Haven to see the recently fabulously renovated Yale art galleries and the museum of British art. What a gift shop at the latter.

I don't know that one should use flash around paintings in any museum. And then, if the museum doesn't own the paintings, one is probably not supposed to photograph them. The photos above are at MoMA, the lower three not in painting areas. The photos were taken with iPhone and it took me awhile to find the lightning flash to disable it.

Thanks for sharing wonderful photos.......grandkids look so cool in their colorful outfits, Ugg boots, beautiful hairdos, ribbons, and jewelry......shows so much love and caring by Mom. They are getting massive stimulation in the arts thanks to you and Joe.......LUCKY KIDS!!! Glad to get tips on books.....of course will follow up on them. KE

Some of these photos should be in the MoMA: Erika and Hannah looking at the huge collage? picture (what artist is that? Bearden?); David with his arm around Erika; the children smiling at the nude about to fall off the bench; Erika and her picture. What a wonderful day!

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Blogging is fun. It stimulates productivity. I draw, stitch and create with paint, fabric, wax and paper. I like to keep up with friends, share my discoveries and maintain records and memories by posting in this blog. I also enjoy making books and movies that Macs simplify. You can view all the posts for several years here or see my paintings and quilts at my website: http://Lindahicksweb.com/